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The Blaze - Femmes
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The Blaze - Femmes

Leagues Played
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 27 Super Smash 18 Charlotte Edwards Cup 17 Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 15
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Matches Fixtures Résultats Equipe
Charlotte Edwards Cup 05/20 13:30 - South East Stars - Femmes v The Blaze - Femmes 160/8(20)-161/5(19.2)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 05/10 09:30 - The Blaze - Femmes v Western Storm - Femmes 209-23
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 05/06 09:30 - Northern Diamonds - Femmes v The Blaze - Femmes 62-63
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 05/01 09:30 - The Blaze - Femmes v Thunder - Femmes Abandoned
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 04/29 09:30 - Sunrisers - femmes v The Blaze - Femmes 159/10(46)-160/7(35.2)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 04/22 09:30 - The Blaze - Femmes v Central Sparks - Femmes 212/10(46.4)-153/10(48.2)
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 09/17 09:30 - Lightning Women v South East Stars - Femmes 169-281
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 09/11 09:30 - Sunrisers - femmes v Lightning Women 160-230
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 09/09 09:30 - Central Sparks - Femmes v Lightning Women Postponed
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 07/23 09:30 - Northern Diamonds - Femmes v Lightning Women 200-199
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 07/16 09:30 - Lightning Women v Southern Vipers - Femmes 228-294
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 07/09 09:30 - Lightning Women v Thunder - Femmes 241-238
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 07/02 09:30 - Lightning Women v Western Storm - Femmes 166-260
Super Smash 06/03 13:30 - Thunder - Femmes v Lightning Women 104-103
Super Smash 06/01 13:15 - Northern Diamonds - Femmes v Lightning Women 145-140
Super Smash 05/29 10:00 - Lightning Women v Southern Vipers - Femmes 141-142
Super Smash 05/21 13:30 - Lightning Women v Thunder - Femmes 155-152
Super Smash 05/18 17:30 - Southern Vipers - Femmes v Lightning Women 155-124
Super Smash 05/14 13:30 - Lightning Women v Northern Diamonds - Femmes 138-177
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 09/18 09:30 - Lightning Women v Central Sparks - Femmes 320/6(50)-296/9(50)
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 09/12 09:30 - Western Storm - Femmes v Lightning Women 228/7(50)-166/10(41.2)
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 09/10 09:00 - South East Stars - Femmes v Lightning Women 293/9(50)-265/10(49.2)
Super Smash 08/30 13:30 - Lightning Women v Southern Vipers - Femmes 124/9(20)-125/3(20)
Super Smash 08/28 13:30 - Central Sparks - Femmes v Lightning Women 139/6(19.5)-136/8(20)
Super Smash 08/25 13:30 - South East Stars - Femmes v Lightning Women 175/6(20)-147/7(20)
Super Smash 07/10 13:30 - Lightning Women v Central Sparks - Femmes 81/10(19.1)-84/4(19)
Super Smash 07/03 13:30 - Southern Vipers - Femmes v Lightning Women 134/7(20)-88/10(19.5)
Super Smash 06/26 10:00 - Lightning Women v South East Stars - Femmes /()-108/4(13.1)
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 06/12 09:30 - Lightning Women v Sunrisers - femmes 210/5(40.2)-206/9(50)
Ligue nationale féminine de Cricket 06/06 09:30 - Thunder - Femmes v Lightning Women 125/10(39.2)-259/5(50)

Wikipedia - The Blaze (women's cricket)

The Blaze, previously known as Lightning, are a women's cricket team that represent the East Midlands region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at various grounds, including Trent Bridge and Grace Road. They are captained by Kirstie Gordon and coached by Chris Guest. The team carries over many elements of the WCSL team Loughborough Lightning. They are partnered with Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

History

In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both 50-over and 20-over cricket. The team, then known as Lightning, were one of the sides created under this structure, effectively replacing the Women's Cricket Super League team Loughborough Lightning and representing the East Midlands, partnering with Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, as well as Loughborough University. The side was to be captained by Kathryn Bryce and coached by Rob Taylor. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Lightning finished bottom of the North Group in the competition, winning two of their six matches. At the end of the season, five Lightning players were given full-time domestic contracts, the first of their kind in England: Kathryn Bryce, Sarah Bryce, Bethan Ellis, Lucy Higham and Abigail Freeborn.

The following season, 2021, Lightning competed in both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly-formed Twenty20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup the side finished bottom of their group, losing all six of their matches. In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Lightning finished fourth in the group of eight, winning three of their seven matches. In the final match of the season, Lightning scored 320/6 in their victory over Central Sparks, with the Bryce sisters, Kathryn and Sarah, sharing a 207-run partnership, the highest across the competition. Lightning bowler Kirstie Gordon was the leading wicket-taker in the competition, with 16 wickets. Rob Taylor left his role as Head Coach at the end of the season, and was later replaced by Chris Guest.

Lightning again finished bottom of their group in the Charlotte Edwards Cup in 2022, but did win their first Twenty20 match, beating North West Thunder by 5 wickets. In September 2022, it was announced that Nottinghamshire CCC would become the new host of the team, replacing Loughborough University, and it was also announced that the name of the team would change. The side finished sixth out of eight in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

In November 2022, it was announced that the team had been renamed The Blaze. Kirstie Gordon was named as the side's new captain in April 2023. The side went unbeaten through the group stage of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, but lost in the final to Southern Vipers. They also qualified for the knockout stages in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, finishing second in the group, before defeating South East Stars in the play-off. However, they again lost to Southern Vipers in the final.